Tag Archives: California

Why Trump is winning

June 3, 2016 · by · in Black Lives Matter, election 2016, History, Labor, Protests, tax policy for the 99%, unemployment · 2 Comments

I’ve been working on a project of sorts lately. Undertaken by some progressive liberals I know, the impetus of the project is to find experts in a variety of fields who will assess what they think a Trump presidency will look like (in terms of damage to the US’ international prestige as well as economic and […]

Worst stock market opening ever

January 11, 2016 · by · in climate disruption, economics, Protests, tax policy for the 99%, unemployment · Leave a comment

I want to capture this moment, because (depending how things change), people might not have this on their radar screen a month or so from now. Remember, I warned you. The Stock Exchange lost over 5% of its value in the first week after New Year’s, and lost over 900 points. That makes this the […]

Confiscating guns is out. Plan B…?

December 5, 2015 · by · in Firearms politics, Police and policing, Protests · Leave a comment

I’ve avoided this topic for awhile, hoping I wouldn’t have to keep writing about it. But then this… Thing happened in California, the same day as a similar thing happened in Savannah, Georgia. And now I’m stuck. If you’ve read my articles about Dylann Roof, James Holmes, Adam Lanza and the host of other American mass […]

Cheap gas and economic collapse

January 8, 2015 · by · in economics, OWS, Protests, Uncategorized, unemployment · Leave a comment

  I was hoping to keep this short when I started writing it back in early December, but (to quote Ralph Waldo Emerson), “things are in the saddle and ride mankind.”  Oil prices have fallen off a cliff in recent weeks, declining some 45%. It has been a good time for motorists–and for the peak […]

California Roiled by high gas prices

October 8, 2012 · by · in Uncategorized · Leave a comment

From the Huffington Post, news that California governor Jerry Brown has tried to provide a break to California drivers by letting them go to winter-blend gas a few weeks early. Summer-blend gas is less polluting, but is in extremely short supply after a refinery fire and other problems reduced supply. Sunday’s price ($4.655), like Saturday’s, was […]